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Anthropic Claude

Safe, helpful AI assistant

Anthropic's Claude API provides access to Claude 3 models known for safety, helpfulness, and long context windows.

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Our Verdict

Claude is the best choice for tasks requiring long context or nuanced understanding. The 200K context window is unmatched.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +200K token context window
  • +Strong reasoning abilities
  • +Excellent at following instructions
  • +Safety-focused design

Cons

  • -No embeddings API
  • -No fine-tuning
  • -Smaller ecosystem

Features

Chat/CompletionYes
EmbeddingsNo
Image generationNo
VisionYes
Fine-tuningNo
Function calling(Tool use)Yes
Long context(200K tokens)Yes

Best For

Long document analysisComplex reasoningAgentic applications

Pricing

Claude 3 Haiku$0.25/M input
  • - Fast responses
  • - Simple tasks
  • - Low cost
Claude 3 Sonnet$3/M input
  • - Balanced
  • - Most use cases
  • - 200K context
Claude 3 Opus$15/M input
  • - Most capable
  • - Complex tasks
  • - 200K context
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